zee.
        z**=.                                  .P"  $
         %   ^c                               z"   $
          b    %                       ...

                        A_______
                        |______<
                        ||
                  ______||_______
                  \##############\
                   \##############\
  ...

            ,
       ,   |\ ,__
       |\   \/   `.
       \ `-.:.     `\
        `-.__ `\=====|
           /=`'/   ^_\
         .'   /\   .=)
      .-'  .'|  '-(/_|
    .'  __(  \  .'`
   /_.'`  `.  ...

*----------*          *----------@
|          |           \                   (From Will Gilbert, May 1990)
|          |            \
|  *----------*          *----------*
*  |       *  |       *-----...

                                              __/\__
(From Kerry Mitchell, August 1991)            \    /
   (repositioned to save space)         __/\__/    \__/\__
                                   ...

               /\
              /\/\
             /\  /\
            /\/\/\/\
           /\      /\
          /\/\    /\/\
         /\  /\  /\  /\
        /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
       /\              /\
  ...

                    _
                  _| |_
                _|     |_
              _|_       _|_
            _| |_|     |_| |_
          _|                 |_
        _|_                   _|_
    ...

From: (Curd Reinert)

 I found a three liner in C producing a Mandelbrot set. However, it was
never supposed to do any kind of ascii-art, but to show how obscure
C code can be. Here it is:

float o=0....

                          ,                             ,
                  mWm,gWmm@Wssi
                  'X@@@@@@@@@@Wi      _. ,e@z,,.   _Wmmz
                  =@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ,,mW@@@@@@@@@@@Wms@@...

                                                ,_
                                              iW@@Wi
                                              !@@@@f
                                      __ ,g...

                   ....................
               .<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<..
           .<<<<<<<::::::<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<:.
         :<<<<<<<:xxXHHHix:<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<::
       <<<<<<...

                .--.
              .'_\/_'.
              '. /\ .'
                "||"
                 || /\
              /\ ||//\)
             (/\\||/
          ______\||/_______
JRO

              `::`
               /
              `    `;:`
        .;:;        /
        ::;        `
      _ ';:;;'
      >'. ||  _
      `> \||.'<
        `>|/ <`
         `||/`
   ^jgs^^^^^^^^^^^

                             ,'
                        ,'         ,'
                   .,.         ,'
                 .`.`.`.  ,'       ,'
                .`.`.`.`.   ,'  ,'
                .`.`.`....

        .;:;:.
        ::;:;:
      _ ';:;;'
      >'. ||  _
       `>\||.'<
        `>|/ <`
         `||/`
   ^jgs^^^^^^^^^^^

       .,,,.           ...           .,,,.
      ((o o))        (`@ @`)        ((6 6))
    ___\ - /___    ___\ o /___    ___\ v /___
   ($_   &   _$)  ($_   %   _$)  ($_   &   _$)
      |  %  |       ...

       ________   ________    _________  ____________;_
      - ______ \ - ______ \ / _____   //.  .  ._______/
     / /     / // /     / //_/     / // ___   /
    / /     / // /     / /       .-'//_/...

_____________________________________________________
|                                                    |
| "Man! What's her problem,                          |
|  Ralph?  I didn't say a           ...

(Jughead)

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     .--._  ,' `\_.-~~/'
     `\    \'_    __ ( _ _
       `\   (_)  |__|/~ ~~=~\
         )_____.---~~ \>\~-./'
        /'    //===  /==(
       (     /' __\ ( __\)...

Contributed by: Jian-Min Li 

"Those two Chinese characters mean Go (a game, or Wei2 Qi2 in Chinese)."

          Welcome to IGS at hellspark.wharton.upenn.edu 6969 (5.0)
                   Copyright(...

Artist: Galen Tatsuo Komatsu 

"A friend writing the FAQ for the game Samurai Shodown II asked me to draw a
title for it.  I came up with this."

            dP.         ____   __ _  _ _  _ ____    __...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!f`4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~   `!!!!!!!!!!!!...

CHINESE CHARACTERS FROM OTHER SOURCES:
=====================================

[Here are some "scanscii" pictures by the next two contributors.]

Artist: Ben Bullock 

"I make chinese characters just f...

[I don't know what it is in Japanese, but the characters are in Chinese.]
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